diff --git a/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c b/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
index 9116cb5..a63e2ef 100644
--- a/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
+++ b/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ void yon_packages_finish(){
 
 config_str yon_resource_open_file(const char *path, int *size){
     config_str parsed = NULL;
-    char *modules;
-    gsize sz;
+    char *modules = NULL;
+    gsize sz=0;
     GFile *file = g_file_new_for_uri(path);
     g_file_load_contents(file,NULL,&modules,&sz,NULL,NULL);
     g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(file));